The Atlanta Opera and Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Union, Local 798, IATSE, No. 10-RC-276292 (N.L.R.B.)
With Philadelphia Legal Assistance, All Rise Trial & Appellate filed a brief on behalf of misclassified workers as the Board reconsiders its standard for assessing employee vs. contractor status. The brief explains harms to workers from misclassification, including as compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic—when many workers were laid off from their jobs and could not access unemployment benefits because their employers had misclassified them as contractors.